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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Capstick work before he became a hunter?
(a) Microsoft
(b) Fleet Street
(c) BBC
(d) Wall Street

2. Which of the following did the factory workers not use the carcasses for?
(a) Leather
(b) Roofs
(c) Ivory
(d) Meat

3. Who once owned Antonio's express rifle?
(a) Ronald Reagan
(b) James Dean
(c) Caesar
(d) Mussolini

4. Why did Capstick give up elephant killing?
(a) It was too much hardwork
(b) He likes elephants
(c) Not enough money
(d) It was too dangerous

5. What two varieties does Captick say elephants can be divided into?
(a) Big and large
(b) African and Indian
(c) Tusked and untusked
(d) Black and white

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the hunter who tracked down the Rudraprayag leopard?

2. What does Capstick do with the dead lion?

3. Where does Capstick track the buffalo to?

4. What was Capstick hired as a game warden to do?

5. What are elephants historically hunted for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Willy and Colin eventually kill the lion?

2. Describe elephant ivory tusks.

3. Describe Peter Hathaway Capstick's life.

4. Why does Capstick recommend to approach a dead elephant carefully?

5. Describe the African Cape Buffalo.

6. How does the local man deal with the cape buffalo charging at him in Chapter 4?

7. How does July's only surviving son disappear?

8. How does the buffalo injure Capstick?

9. How does the cape buffalo kill the local man in Chapter 4?

10. Why is it technically incorrect to call leopards panthers?

(see the answer keys)

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